A look at the victims of the Humboldt team bus crash

Fifteen people were killed and 14 others injured in a horrific crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. Here is what we know so far about those who died:

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Tyler Bieber:

Bieber, 29, worked for Humboldt radio station CHBO and often travelled with the team as its play-by-play radio announcer.

Steven Wilson, a co-worker in Weyburn, Sask., said it was Bieber’s first season announcing for the team. He also covered morning news.

“He definitely had a natural talent,” said Wilson. “He was just passionate about sports.”

Wilson said he filled in a few times for Bieber because he was also busy coaching the Humboldt high school’s basketball and football teams.

“Having been with Golden West since the launch of Bolt FM in news and on-air, Tyler was a shining example of what it means to serve a community,” Lyndon Frieson, president of Golden West Radio, said in a statement posted on the station’s website.

He was on life support after the crash until his organs could be donated.

“Logan had made it known, and very clear to his family, that he had signed his organ donor card when he turned 21 just a few weeks ago,” Boulet’s godfather, Neil Langevin, posted in a statement on Facebook on behalf of the family.

“Logan’s strong heart continues to beat,” he said. “All counted, six people will receive the gift of life from Logan. … His other organs will be donated to science as he requested.

The assistant coach was from Strasbourg, Sask., where he was named most valuable player last year while playing with the Maroons in the Highway Hockey League.

“I can honestly say I didn’t know a more kind-hearted, generous, caring and overall nice person,” cousin Graeme Cross said in an online tribute.

“Mark was one of those people that just made you feel safe and brought a special spark when you were in his presence.”

Assistant coach Chris Beaudry said Cross, 27, joined the Broncos’ staff last year and was one of the happiest people he’s ever met.

“His first game, we found a tin of mints and ever since then it’s been alternating back and forth, buying mints for each other and sharing it as a joke. We’d end up going through a whole tin every game,” said Beaudry.

Doerksen, 59, is described by his employer, Charlie’s Charters, in a Facebook post as an “outstanding friend, husband, and father.”

“In talking to him, he spoke at length of his time in rinks with his own family and now how much he enjoyed being able to take and watch other teams from minor, to senior to SJHL to their hockey games,” the Kinistino Tigers wrote of Doersken, who drove their team to and from playoff games.

Police say he’s from Carrot River, Sask.

“We will never forget the smile on your face as we left Allan after winning the Championship and got you to give ‘two honks for the Cup.’ Tonight Glen, we give two honks for you. Rest easy, Sir.”

The youngest member of the team, Herold would have turned 17 this week.

He was also a new member of the team. Up until a few weeks ago, Herold was captain of the Regina Pat Canadians, manager John Smith said. But when the Regina team’s season wrapped up, Herold was sent to join the Broncos for their playoff round.

“He was a wonderful young man. Never afraid to help his teammates. Always there for them. Good, typical Saskatchewan farm boy. Always load the bus, unload the bus, never afraid to roll up his sleeves and get work done,” Smith said.

Smith said Herold is survived by his mom, dad and an older sister. He was from Montmartre, Sask.

The Edmonton native’s death was confirmed by the Surrey Eagles, his former team in the British Columbia Hockey League.

The Broncos website says Joseph, 20, was among the leading scorers in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoffs, playing on a line with Logan Schatz, another player who lost his life in the crash.

In a profile published on the team’s website in January, Schatz paid tribute to Joseph and fellow linemate Conner Lukan.

Thomas, from Saskatoon, was the “kind of kid any dad would be proud to call his” own, said his father, Scott.

“He was a self-driven, motivated, retrospective, quiet, confident and very self-assured young man.”

It was the 18-year-old’s first season as a forward with the Humboldt Broncos.

His dad says he was an athlete, playing both hockey and baseball, and a strong student.

“He liked sports, but at times I think he tolerated sports so he could be a teammate,” said Thomas in an interview. ”He just loved being a teammate. He loved his teammates and I think that was more important to him than the actual sport he was playing.

The towering 21-year-old defenceman from St. Albert, Alta., had played with the Broncos for two seasons.

Alicia Wack said her cousin made the best gingerbread houses and “absolutely lived and breathed hockey.”

“Stephen has always been an amazing person, son, big brother, and cousin. He is one of the most adventurous, ambitious, and loving people that I have ever been blessed to know,” she said in a Facebook post.